The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-07-02
DEATH IN THE MINE!
THE GOULD & CURRY FIRE ON THE
COMSTOCK.
FIVE HIEN TAKEN OUT DEAD, AND
SIX MORE CNREscUED.

Particulars OF the Terrible Calamity
-Hsart-Rendtng Scenes ~ the milne.
Friday evening, June cath, a fire
broke out in the Bonner Shaft of tho
Gould 81 Curry mine at Virginia City,
which seemed To duplicate the fire ut
the Yellow Jacket Is years ago. At
the $40 foot level were Richard Ben.
netts, Frank Graebner, William
Williams, james Trembath, and w.
II. Parker, ali of whom, at last reports,
escaped through the 800 level of the
Savage mine.
On the 1900 foot level were G. ].
Dougherty. Peter Eddy, Foss Hami4
ton, +. Is. Jeffrey. John Kennedy and
Martin Trtga!lis, who at this writing
are supposed tn be dead. On the 400
level Jpncy Morgan, John Trounce,
Bph Bruce, George Carpenter and
Andy Bean were working. They tried
to escape by way of the Mint Tunnel
but were asphyxiated and lost their
lives. All were men in the prime of
life. Bean was about forty years of
age, and leaves wife and eight child
ren. Morgan was less than thirty
years OF aye and leaves young wife.
When the body of Andrew Bean was
taken from the tunnel, Mrs. Bean and
her eight children were present. Her
grief was heartrending, aud the scene
moved the strongest heart.
Nick jenkins and three companions
working at the 600 level. escaped.
AT =: 30 O'Clock last Saturday morn
ing The smoke emerging irnm the
Shaft was much diminished. For
several hours the rescue gang had been
sounding the ground between them
and their imprisoned fellow miners.
They had just given last signal.
which was not answered. They were
preparing to send off another. Crowds
were still around the hosting works.
The Enterprise of Sunday says that
the BOYS of the Curry are making the
most heroic e:forts tn save their fellow
miners. The air compressor aud air
transmtter are being run AT increased
speed and cold water sent down the
shaft pipe in abundance. One al the
oldest aud most sagaeinus miners
around the Curry. when questioned
regarding the probable fate at the i'm
prisoned men, said: According to our
| theory, the fire is in such locality,
relative Ia them. that 81 long as we
can keep those two going tp0inting
To the air pumps and water pipcs) they
will lack nothing except food; and
surely We ought tn he able Ia du some
thing for them, inside of few day,
provided mir and water hold out"
A drift which is beng run from the
Con. Cal. & Virginia mine nn the
1900 level Ia reach them is ID feet
south of the bottom of the 10 foot
Wine sunk tn the level of the point
where the men are confined in the
Best Il Belcher. The material through
which they are drifting is hard
poryhyry, tough rs steel. 1t is antici-
pated the connection will be made
s metime Tuesday, As there remain
a.hput 10 Itet ~ uldke llit COHHtcllpl.
| When the drift is advanced few feet
4 further hole by bureigh drill bit
ten feet lung will be sent through the
intervening wall. so that if the men
are sill alive they can be communi.
Gated with. There are 60 picked men
selected from the most experienced
miners On the lode forming tile rescu
! ing party. They are divided into
three eight honr shifts. Two burleigh
drills operated by compressed air are
used in boring holes for blasting.
With this force unprecedented speed
in driving has been attained. and ii the
connection is made by Tuesday after
noon they will have accomplished u
| feat in driving and sinking through
hard ground never equnlled in the an
mails of mining. Up tn 10 o'clock
Tuesday. the unfortunate miners had
not been found.